Lubricator.



H. E. OGPFIN.

LUBBIGATOR.

APPLICATION FILED A1 35 13, 1908.

Patented Nov. 28,1912

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Wffinesses Patented Nov. 26, 191.2

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wr r c; i li jltht :How enn n. corner, or :nnrnorr, MICHIQl-Al', ASSIGNOR, Brivrnsn'n ASSIGNMENTS, TO

CHARLES E. W'IFFLEB, 03F DETRGIT, MICHIGAN.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Hon/Ann E. Comm,

a citizenhf the United States of America, {residing at Detro t, in the county of We t-x1e Lnnd Fig.3 is a vertical longitudinal section thnoughen engine casing to wh ch my I lUbTl -ACOI'J is applied.

In the construction illustrated, n1y,imp rovements ere applied to an engine, A. clesigna ti ng the fly Wheel thereof. B is 21 11 inclosing' housing for the fly Wheel which is separated from the periphery'of the latter to ram the annular channel C. The lowerportion of this easing forms an oil Well, Whici'i preferably laterally extended! bye portion l halving transparent plate or bulls-eye E zit its outer end through which the level of the oil may he observed. At one point in the periilhcryhf the casing is arranged a pocket (ll connected With a discharge conduit H which to the part to he lubricated. This pUClZGii G has one end thereof tangen' tiil to the periphery of the case and there is also tgre't'emhly rovided a. projecting flange 1' upon the opposite side of the pocket.

glnoperation the lly wheel is. has a segnient thereo'l immersed in the lubricant in the lower portion of the case, anti conseq'qentlythe rotation of the Wheel Will carry upwiirtl u, portion of the luhricant which adheres to the peripheral portion of the Wheel.

effect as to produce :1 constant movement; the oil around t e annular channel between thelperipheiyotthe fly Wheel and ctlyecifieetien or Batters Yatent.

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Tins adhering lubricant will ho'wever he thrown off tangentially, anal the .ing propelled into Sillll poo etl Nov Serial No.

Asillustrated in Fig. 3 the lubricant pr0 pellea through the conduit H is discharged into 2: portion W of the casing which con- .13 stitutes the crank case oft-he engine. This crankcase is of lesser diameter than the portion of the casing B containing the fly Wheel, and the flywheel *asi'nc; is provided with a channel it through which rho luhricant may be returnecl into the flywheel case. Thus the endless circulation of the lubricant is produced. said lubricant being elevated by the wheel and forced through the conduit ill into the crank case and utter collecting'in the bottom of the crank case hein returned to the flywheel fifhat I claim as my invention is:

1. T e combination With a flywheel, of :1 crank case having an annular enlargement at one enii forming a housing for the fly Wheel. and extending in proximity and. substantially co-axial with said wheel. Htllfl annular enlargement being providecl with oil chamber in the lower portion, thereof in which. a portion of the Wheel is iini'ncrserl. an oil-receiving pocket adjacent its top and a tangential portion in its lower portion having a transparent panel" the. oil hciun propelleti into said pocket or centriti action.

2'The combination with o'cranli cnscot'n fly Wheel housing adjacent thereto provided with an oil chamber in the lower portion thereo'i in which a portion of the wheel immersed, an oil-receiving noelct adjacent the top of the liy Wheel housing. the oil hehy centrifulQzzCl ing: from said gel action. mid o conifluit pocket to the c ank 3. The comhinnllhn with a crank case. of a tlv wheel housing: torinetl integral therewith provided with :in oil chamber in the lower portion thereof in which n. portion of the whefl ingunersecl, en oilmeLceiving pocket cent the to the liy eel.

crank ca e.

communicating with the I notion. and means for re urning the surplus oil from the crank case to the 5 it wheel housing.

ns; propelled into said pocket by until the pocket {g is reached. Here the oil JWlll. be fed outward into the conduit 4. The combination with a revoluble from said lateral extension to said pocket 10 wheel, of a casing inclosing the same proi being in proximity to and co-axial with vided with an oil chamber in the lower ori the periphery of the wheel.

tion. thereof in which a portion of the W eel In testimony whereof I affix my signature is immersed, a lateral extension in the lower '1 in presence of two witnesses.

portion of said casing extending forwardly 1 HOWARD E. COFFIN. therefrom, an oil-receiving pocket in said i Witnesses: casing situated substantially diametrically NELLIE KINSELLA,

opposite said lateral extension, said casing JAMES P. BARRY. 

